2/28 - What Matters Most...

It's easy to get frustrated when the weekend finally rolls around and the weather doesn't want to cooperate. Here in Social we were deluged with yet another good rainstorm all night Friday and all day Saturday. Don't get me wrong...we really need the rain as we have a pretty major water crisis going on. (if your shower lasts longer than 2.4 minutes the shower police come and take you away in handcuffs.) But really, sometimes when the weather forces you to stay inside it can be a blessing in disguise.

Case and point...

Come Saturday night our family (my wife and 3 wonderful kiddles) hunkered down with some yummy appetizers and an old fashioned game of Monopoly. Now, this is actually our normal Saturday night routine...we'll switch between Scategories, Boggle, Blockus, etc...
It's a chance to get us all together and get the kids off of Xbox Modern Warfare for a time. But this weekend's 'game night' proved extra fun. Not for any particular reason...it was just...fun. While we were all scrambling for Boardwalk or Park Place, or sneaking hundred dollar bills from eachother's stockpile, we found ourselves laughing harder than usual. I even threw in my own twist by breaking into Abba's song "Take A Chance" whenever someone landed on the Chance square.

So the moral of the story...

Take a step off the hamster wheel of life once and a while and look around at what's right in front of you. And this is more for me than anyone, because I am very guilty of taking the little things for granted. And truly, the little things are the big things! A hug from your daughter, a high-five from your son...a shared look across the table with your loved one.

Celebrate all these things, because they're what matter most.